WWI German pilot's IWC Schaffhausen 24h day/night dial 14k gold&enamel watch
WWI German pilot's IWC Schaffhausen 24h day/night dial 14k gold&enamel watch. The watch has been awarded to Captain Theodor Osterkamp for bravery, and iy comes from his family estate. (15 April 1892 2 January 1975). Was a German fighter pilot during. He achieved 32 victories in World War I.
In World War II, he led. Through the Battle of Britain and claimed a further 6 victories, in the process becoming one of only a few men to score victories in both world wars. The watch has a special 24h day/nigh indications dial. The rear case depicting an enamel German Imperial Coat of arms On the enamel dial is depicting the German black cross and a portrait of the captain.
The watch has a high grade lever chronometer movement, Breguet hairspring, precision regulator, hand finished and polished plate, adjusted to positions, 3 Chatons(the rubies are mounted in gold screwed settings). Different gearing, with a 24 to 1 reduction! Nothing has been ever changed or replaced!Perfect working order, keeping exact time. The watch is 47mm, 81g heavy. Special 24h day/night indications enamel dial.
Has 24 hour dial notation on the dial. That means that the movement has to be altered so that the hour hand doesn't go in 360 degrees around the dial in 12 hours, but rather in 24 hours. The hour hand, in my example, would only show 1900 hours. You'd know for sure that it was early evening. Conventional 12 hour watches have a "motion work" involving a 12 to 1 reduction in the gear train from the minute hand.24 hour watches have a different gearing, with a 24 to 1 reduction. To be very technical, the motion work is the small 12-to-1 (or here a 24-to-1) reduction gear train that turns the timepiece's hour hand from the minute hand. It is attached to the going train by the friction coupling of the cannon pinion, so the minute and hour hands can be turned independently to set the timepiece.
It is often located on the outside of the movement's front plate, just under the dial. IT COMES WITH CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY! Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting.
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